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Oregon’s U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden have joined colleagues to introduce the Living Shorelines Act, legislation that would create a new grant program for nature-based shoreline protection projects known as living shorelines. As sea-level rise and coastal storms continue to threaten thousands of coastal communities and economies, investing

MEDFORD, Ore. — Southern Oregon’s primary airport will receive almost $1 million in grants from the federal government for a number of improvements, the Jackson County Airport Authority said in a statement on Thursday. The Rogue Valley International-Medford Airport (MFR) was awarded $937,500 through the Federal Aviation Administration’s Airport Improvement

Oregon Sens. Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden have joined colleagues in introducing legislation to prevent the removal of federal funds from Job Corps Civilian Conservation Corps, including Timber Lake Job Corps near Estacada. The Job Corps Protection Act would block the federal government from using funds in 2019 or 2020

Nearly one hundred members of Congress, including five presidential candidates, have added their names to a pair of letters calling on Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to immediately reverse a State Department policy that withholds American citizenship from some children of U.S. citizens who are born abroad. One letter, led by Sens.

Although May 5 is nationally considered a day for celebration, in many tribal communities, it is the National Day of Awareness for Missing and Murdered Native American Women. The date commemorates the birthday of Hanna Harris, a young mother and member of the Northern Cheyenne Tribe in Montana, who was